Ellinwood vs Olmitz

A side-by-side comparison of Ellinwood and Olmitz: population, income, housing, and more.

Ellinwood and Olmitz are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ellinwood has the higher population (2,117 vs 77 in Olmitz). Ellinwood has the higher median household income ($55,332 vs $51,250 in Olmitz). Ellinwood has the higher median home value ($94,800 vs $38,200 in Olmitz).

Population, income & housing

	Ellinwood	Olmitz
Population	2,117	77
Median age	44.8 yrs	61.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,332	$51,250
Median home value	$94,800	$38,200
Median gross rent	$702	—
Housing units	952	72
Homeownership rate	73.5%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellinwood	Olmitz
Population	2,063 → 2,117 (+2.6%)	71 → 77 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$47,500 → $55,332 (+16.5%)	$38,125 → $51,250 (+34.4%)
Median home value	$71,500 → $94,800 (+32.6%)	$32,900 → $38,200 (+16.1%)
Median gross rent	$635 → $702 (+10.6%)	—

Ellinwood

Population

2,0632,117

Median household income

$47,500$55,332

Median home value

$71,500$94,800

Median gross rent

$635$702

Olmitz

Population

7177

Median household income

$38,125$51,250

Median home value

$32,900$38,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ellinwood	Olmitz
Under 5	4.3%	1.3%
5 to 17	16.3%	3.9%
18 to 24	8.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.1%	9.1%
35 to 44	13.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	7.4%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.2%	37.7%
65 to 74	16.1%	19.5%
75 and over	14.0%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellinwood	Olmitz
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellinwood	Olmitz
No high school diploma	5.1%	2.7%
High school graduate	38.8%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellinwood	Olmitz
Drove alone	92.0%	97.6%
Carpooled	3.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellinwood	Olmitz
1-unit, detached	89.8%	91.7%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Ellinwood	Olmitz
Poverty rate	16.3%	0.0%
Average household size	2.48	1.67
Mean commute (minutes)	14	23
Median year structure built	1953	1955